Florida Panthers vs. Washington CapitalsApr 8, 2023

FinalSaturday, Apr 8, 2023· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
FLA	0	2	2	4		FLA	10	9	18	37
WSH	0	2	0	2		WSH	7	14	3	24

: FLA 77WSH 48
: FLA 5.27WSH 2.25
PP goals: FLA 1WSH 0
Hits: FLA 10WSH 21
Blocks: FLA 14WSH 24
PIM: FLA 8WSH 10
: FLA 53%WSH 47%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Florida Panthers beat Washington Capitals 4–2

Florida Panthers beat Washington Capitals 4–2 at WSH. Matthew Tkachuk (FLA) led the scoring with 1G 2A. FLA's first power-play unit (Barkov, Ekblad, Reinhart, Montour and Tkachuk) scored 1 power-play goal on 17 attempts in 5:56 together.

Points
Matthew Tkachuk had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 7 shots in 22:35.Tkachuk
Points
Sam Reinhart had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 8 shots in 20:05.Reinhart
Points
Tom Wilson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 19:28.Wilson
Points
Aleksander Barkov had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 24:47.Barkov
PP1
FLA's first power-play unit (Barkov, Ekblad, Reinhart, Montour and Tkachuk) scored 1 power-play goal on 17 attempts in 5:56 together.Barkov Ekblad Reinhart Montour Tkachuk
New line
New look for WSH: Wilson–Sheary–Strome skated 8:19 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (15% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Wilson Sheary Strome
New line
New look for FLA: Verhaeghe–Barkov–Tkachuk skated 7:08 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (83.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Verhaeghe Barkov Tkachuk
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New look for WSH: Dowd–Aube-Kubel–Malenstyn skated 6:37 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Dowd Aube-Kubel Malenstyn

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← FLA attacks left (bottom on phones)WSH attacks right (top on phones) →

WSH
FLA
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 125 of 125 attempts · WSH 48 · FLA 77

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

WSH
FLA
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

WSH pressure
FLA pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: FLA 62% of the game, WSH 19%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

WSH

FLA

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	FLA	WSH
	64	42
	2.70	1.63
	2.63	1.52
	13	8
	4	5
	16	18
	+0.056	−0.056
	62%	19%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Florida Panthers

L1Staal – Reinhart – Lomberg
7:2655% CF
L2Verhaeghe – Barkov – Tkachuk
7:0883% CF
L3Duclair – Luostarinen – Lundell
4:0363% CF
L4Cousins – White – Smith
3:1055% CF
D1Ekblad – Forsling
13:3967% CF
D2Staal – Montour
13:3948% CF
D3Gudas – Mahura
6:3176% CF

PP1Barkov – Ekblad – Reinhart – Montour – Tkachuk
5:56100% CF
PP2Duclair – Verhaeghe – Forsling – Tkachuk – Lundell
0:17100% CF
PK1FStaal – Luostarinen
1:52
PK2FBarkov – Lundell
1:34
PK1DEkblad – Forsling
3:23
PK2DStaal – Gudas
1:10

Current FLA line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Wilson – Sheary – Strome
8:1915% CF
L2Dowd – Aube-Kubel – Malenstyn
6:3750% CF
L3Kuznetsov – Milano – Protas
5:4640% CF
D1Jensen – Fehérváry
10:4733% CF
D2Irwin – Alexeyev
7:0950% CF
D3Carlson – Sandin
6:1040% CF

PP1Backstrom – Carlson – Wilson – Strome – Sandin
3:37100% CF
PP2Smith – Kuznetsov – Sheary – Milano – Fehérváry
1:2183% CF
PK1FDowd – Wilson
2:10
PK2FKuznetsov – Sheary
1:08
PK1DJensen – Fehérváry
2:39
PK2DCarlson – Irwin
1:04

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

8:51
WSHDylan Strome (Tom Wilson, Aliaksei Protas)wrist0.31 xG
FLA: Staal, Duclair, Montour, Luostarinen, LundellWSH: Carlson, Wilson, Strome, Sandin, Protas
FLA 0 – 1 WSH
10:56
FLACarter Verhaeghe (Brandon Montour, Aleksander Barkov)slap0.02 xG
FLA: Staal, Verhaeghe, Barkov, Montour, TkachukWSH: Jensen, Dowd, Aube-Kubel, Malenstyn, Fehérváry
FLA 1 – 1 WSH
13:47
FLAAaron EkbladPP (Sam Reinhart, Matthew Tkachuk)wrist0.32 xG
FLA: Barkov, Ekblad, Reinhart, Montour, TkachukWSH: Jensen, Dowd, Sheary, Fehérváry
FLA 2 – 1 WSH
16:05
WSHTom Wilson (Conor Sheary, Evgeny Kuznetsov)tip-in0.05 xG
FLA: Staal, Cousins, Forsling, White, SmithWSH: Carlson, Kuznetsov, Wilson, Sheary, Alexeyev
FLA 2 – 2 WSH

3rd period

19:00
FLAMatthew Tkachukwrist0.00 xG
FLA: Staal, Verhaeghe, Barkov, Montour, TkachukWSH: Kuznetsov, Sheary, Fehérváry, Sandin, Protas
FLA 3 – 2 WSH
19:20
FLASam ReinhartEN (Matthew Tkachuk, Aleksander Barkov)backhand0.98 xG
FLA: Gudas, Barkov, Reinhart, Forsling, TkachukWSH: Backstrom, Carlson, Kuznetsov, Wilson, Strome, Sandin
FLA 4 – 2 WSH

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Florida Panthers

FLA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sam Reinhart C	L1	1	1	2	+1	8	1.96	0	2	0	20:05	—	—	61	88
Eric Staal C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	17:34	—	—	50	74
Ryan Lomberg L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.16	0	1	0	12:48	—	—	55	87
Aleksander Barkov C	L2	0	2	2	+3	3	0.34	3	1	2	24:47	—	—	54	54
Matthew Tkachuk L	L2	1	2	3	+3	7	0.77	1	0	2	22:35	—	—	77	86
Carter Verhaeghe C	L2	1	0	1	+2	3	0.30	0	0	0	16:52	—	—	60	67
Anton Lundell C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.27	0	1	0	16:00	—	—	74	55
Anthony Duclair L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	13:07	—	—	48	33
Eetu Luostarinen C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.05	0	1	0	12:40	—	—	72	46
Nick Cousins C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	0	1	0	6:44	—	—	47	62
Givani Smith R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	2	4:48	—	—	62	54
Colin White C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.25	1	0	0	4:12	—	—	64	59
Aaron Ekblad D	D1	1	0	1	0	3	0.41	0	2	0	28:33	—	—	57	78
Gustav Forsling D	D1	0	0	0	0	5	0.51	1	0	0	23:45	—	—	74	86
Brandon Montour D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.22	0	0	0	26:48	—	—	53	43
Marc Staal D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	0	17:33	—	—	43	28
Radko Gudas D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	2	12:57	—	—	76	93
Josh Mahura D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	10:19	—	—	60	81

FLA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alex Lyon(start)	W	24	22	2	.917	2.25	59:53

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Conor Sheary L	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.10	0	3	0	20:41	—	—	27	15
Tom Wilson R	L1	1	1	2	+1	4	0.20	4	4	4	19:28	—	—	29	42
Dylan Strome C	L1	1	0	1	0	4	0.63	0	1	0	19:23	—	—	27	40
Nicolas Aube-Kubel R	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.08	4	1	0	13:37	—	—	50	26
Nic Dowd C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	1	0	12:53	—	—	59	33
Beck Malenstyn L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	3	0	0	11:37	—	—	44	23
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L3	0	1	1	-1	3	0.42	0	0	0	18:48	—	—	50	65
Sonny Milano L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.23	1	0	0	15:31	—	—	53	64
Aliaksei Protas L	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	13:24	—	—	52	68
Martin Fehérváry D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.05	4	3	2	26:19	—	—	30	19
Nick Jensen D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	0	2	0	21:43	—	—	42	34
Alexander Alexeyev D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	2	13:38	—	—	46	27
Matt Irwin D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	10:51	—	—	50	28
John Carlson D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.26	0	2	0	24:15	—	—	37	61
Rasmus Sandin D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	0	4	0	21:57	—	—	42	48
Nicklas Backstrom C	—	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	0	0	0	16:32	—	—	28	8
Craig Smith C	—	0	0	0	0	3	0.12	1	0	0	11:42	—	—	29	20

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Charlie Lindgren(start)	L	36	33	3	.917	4.29	59:11

Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.